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RUSSIAN VERB

устроить

to suit (someone); to arrange (once)

  • Perfective verb

Conjugation

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Past

Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила

  1. он he suited
  2. она she suited
  3. оно it suited
  4. они they suited

Future

Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself

  1. я I will suit
  2. ты you will suit
  3. он, она, оно he/she will suit
  4. мы we will suit
  5. вы you all will suit
  6. они they will suit

Conditional

Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”

  1. он he would suit
  2. она she would suit
  3. оно it would suit
  4. они they would suit

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты suit!
  2. вы suit! (formal, or all of you)

How to use устроить

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Past

    Цена нас устроила, и мы сразу согласились.

    The price suited us and we agreed at once.

  2. Future

    Я всё устрою, тебе ни о чём не надо думать.

    I'll arrange everything, you needn't think about a thing.

  3. Conditional

    Меня бы устроила любая суббота в мае.

    Any Saturday in May would suit me.

  4. Imperative

    Устрой детям праздник, они заслужили.

    Put on a party for the children, they've earned it.

Good to know

  • Вас это устроит? asks if something suits you; меня всё устраивает is I'm happy with everything. Устроить праздник is to put on a party; устроиться на работу, to get a job.

Where you hear устроить

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Russian · Advanced Level 1

  • Вас устроит семь? Does seven suit you?
  • Цена нас устроила. The price suited us.
  • Я всё устрою. I'll arrange everything.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: perfective verb.